DR. A. HAMILTON

HAMILTON

Posted By: Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert <iggy29@scican.net>
Date: 11/12/2002 at 19:46:38

Leon Reporter, Leon, Iowa
Thursday, March l2, l896

It is with regret that we chronicle the removal from this county of DR. A. HAMILTON, of Blockley, to Des Moines, whither with his family he has removed in order to better enjoy the fruits of many years of hard toil, and to afford his little daughter LUCILE every educational facility which that city affords.

For many years DR. HAMILTON has been a prominent citizen of this county. He shouldered his musket for the Union during the war of rebellion, and when he came home in l865 to Centerville, Iowa, he shortly afterwards went to Keokuk and attended the medical lectures at the Keokuk Medical College during the years l865-6. He formed a partnership with Dr. J.M. Sturdivant at Centerville which continued until l867, when he removed to Pleasanton and practiced medicine until l880. With his family he spent the summer at Centerville, returning to Decatur County in September of the same year and moved on his fine farm in Eden Township, where he remained for three years, moving to Leon for a year of recreation, after which he returned again to his farm. About this time the D.M. & K.C. Railroad, then known as the Des Moines, Osceola and Southern, made its way through this county, and through the efforts of DR. HAMILTON, a station, stock yards, side track, post office and store building was secured for the new town of Blockley.

DR. HAMILTON was for many years a member of the Leon pension board, during which time more pensions were granted the old deserving veterans than during any four years since the pension board has been organized. He has held a number of positions of trust under the government, and has proved himself efficient and worthy of the trust reposed in him.

His health and age not being sufficient for all the duties imposed upon him, he concluded to sell out his farm and business and locate in Des Moines, where he had already provided a pleasant home for his family. He has some $l0,000 to $l2,000 invested in Des Moines property and has held for 45 years all his land and coal interests in Centerville without any encumbrance whatever, which is a very unusual occurrence, and shows the character and determination of the man.

DR. HAMILTON is a plain matter-of-fact man, admiring men only for their moral and intellectual worth, and not for the clothes they wear on their back or the money they may carry in their purse. He is a man who never forgets a favor or a friend. He has many warm friends here who regret to see him leave, and has already quite a circle of friends in his new home at Des Moines, where old acquaintances and friends will ever find the latchstring hanging out and receive a cordial welcome.

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Copied by Cordelia Suzann
"With permission from the Leon Journal Reporter"
November l2, 2002

* I found this interesting that he was instrumental in getting the town of Blockley organized.

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